In-Ministry News and Updates
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- Published on Tuesday, 04 December 2012 23:31
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Welcome to your in-ministry program news and updates. We will be bringing you up-to-the moment information about new course opportunities, program options and other critical updates to make sure you are always current on program developments. Here is what is happening now!
Summer 2013 Elective
Thanks to your survey feedback, this summer Western will offer "Exposition of the Psalms" - BLS 527H - with Dr. Ray Lubeck as our B/TS elective. Dr. Lubeck is Professor of Bible and Theology at Multnomah University and a long-time and well-respected adjunct professor at Western Seminary. Dr. Lubeck has written Read the Bible for a Change and Swallowing Jonah: Strategies for Reading Biblical Narratives, edited Ed Goodrick’s Is My Bible the Inspired Word of God?, and contributed book chapters, articles, papers, and reviews for a number of publications. He is a graduate of Trinity Evangelical Divinity School and the University of South Africa. "Exposition of the Psalms" is scheduled for the Portland campus, June 5 - 7, 2013.
Steve Korch to Teach in Spring and Summer Intensives
Dr. Steve Korch, Director of Pastoral Training at the San Jose campus of Western Seminary, will be teaching PTS 510SH "Preparing and Preaching Expository Sermons" in San Jose in the spring 2013 semester, and SFS 502H "Practicing Prayer and Other Key Spiritual Disciplines" in the summer 2013 semester. For more information, please visit the Western Seminary website at http://www.westernseminary.edu/schedules/pdx/index.htm.
Library Resources
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Access to Western’s book, microform, periodical, CD and e-book holdings. The Online Private Academic Library Link merges the holdings of five Christian libraries in the Willamette Valley into one database.
The libraries include:
“The world’s largest network of library content and services. WorldCat lets you search the collections of libraries in your community and thousands more around the world.” Since Western has not subscribed to this database, our holdings will not be visible, so you need to check the OPALL OPAC first. EBSCOHOST gives you access to scholarly, peer-reviewed literature in several psychological and religious databases. You may find full text online for many items. Access to EBSCOHOST requires a username and password; to recieve password for all available online databases, please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. in the CLL offices. GALE CENGAGE provides access to a variety of other databases. This also requires a username and password; to recieve access to all available online databases, please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. in the CLL offices. For our counseling students, Western Seminary is subscribing to Counseling and Therapy in Video, Volume I (350 recordings), which “provides the largest and richest online collection of video available for the study of counseling, social work, psychotherapy, psychology, and psychiatric counseling. The wealth of video and multiplicity of perspectives in these collections allow students and scholars to see, experience, and study counseling in ways never before possible.” On the library computers, click the “A” icon to access. To recieve the username and password for all available online databases, please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. in the CLL offices. A listing of various resources from places on the internet. You will also find helpful library links in the Library area of your Integr@te course resource system.
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In-Ministry Course Schedule 2012 - 2013
Spring 2013
| CRS ID | Description | Professor | Start | F2F | End |
| DMS 502SH |
Introducing Theology and Practice of Worship |
Johnson |
1/7/13 | 2/4-6 | 4/20 |
| PTS 510SH |
Preparing and Preaching Expository Sermons |
Korch |
1/7/13 | 2/6-8 |
4/20 |
| BLS 501YH |
Interpreting Genesis to Song of Solomon (Part 2) | Mackie | 1/713 | 2/11-13 | 4/27 |
| CHS 505YH |
Wisdom from Church History (Part 2) |
Cortez | 1/7/13 | 2/13-15 | 4/27 |
Summer 2013
| CRS ID | Description | Professor | Start | F2F | End |
| THS 508H |
Integrating Ministry and Theology |
Breshears |
5/6/13 | 6/3-5 | 8/17 |
| BLS 527H |
Exposition of the Psalms |
Lubeck |
5/6/13 | 6/5-7 |
8/17 |
| PTS 504H |
Maximizing the Church's Redemptive Influence |
Johnson | 5/6/13 | 6/10-12 | 8/17 |
| SFS 502H |
Practicing Prayer and Other Key Spiritual Disciplines |
Korch | 5/6/13 | 6/12-14 | 8/17 |
Campus Locations
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San Jose |
Sacramento |